Manager recommends waste transfer site on 54

Orange County Manager Laura Blackmon has named a 147 acre parcel .7 miles west of Orange Grove Road on N.C. 54 as the preferred site for the county’s waste transfer station.
In memos to the board of county commissioners, Blackmon and the county’s solid waste department staff cited the site’s high score according the county’s consultant on technical and community specific considerations, its proximity to a major road, a willing seller and the ample size of the site.